looking for advice

Joseph7179 · Post by **Joseph7179** » Sun Oct 30, 2011 3:04 pm

I am new to this forum. I was diagnosed with LC in 2003 after a colonoscopy. I began a series on Entocort and stayed with it for a number of years. In 2010 I had a complete remission for over a year. In July I was given 3 courses of Bactrim for a prostate infection. I was also asked to take ibuprofen for a month. The MC returned with a vengeance. I went back on Entocort and GF and DF diet. I also had a flare of GERD.

The GI asked me to take Dexilant for the GERD.
it has caused a major flare of MC, so I quit it after day two. Then he gave me Zantac 300 mg three times a day. And sucrafate four times a day with the Entocort . I am only mildly better.

the MC is gas bloating and rib pain. It begins I the afternoon and lasts most ofmthenday and into the night. Any suggestions would be welcome. JH.

Post by **tex** » Sun Oct 30, 2011 3:53 pm

Hi Joseph,

Welcome to the board. Wow! A lot of your problems are iatrogenic, due to either ignorant or careless advice by your doctors, (ibuprofen, Dexilant, Zantac, for example). Your doctors' knowledge of MC leaves a lot to be desired. NSAIDs and PPIs should never be taken by someone with MC, and H2 antihistamines, (such as Zantac), are also risky - risky enough that even the Mayo Clinic recognizes the association, (so it must be pretty risky).

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/collag ... sk-factors

There are quite a few posts on this board about controlling GERD, (because it's a common problem with MC). I'll see if I can locate one.

Here's one - post number 4, (by me), on this page:

http://www.perskyfarms.com/phpBB2/viewt ... 7&start=15

You may be low on vitamin D. Low vitamin D is very common for anyone with an inflammatory bowel disease, and low vitamin D can cause GERD, (among many other things). This thread contains some good tips, especially post number 11, (by Gabes):

http://www.perskyfarms.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=14722

The gas and bloating is almost surely caused by food fermenting in your digestive system, (usually caused by food-sensitivities, but when we are in an MC flare, it can also be caused by the fermentation of fiber and/or sugar in the diet.

Again, welcome aboard, and please feel free to ask anything.

Tex

Polly · Post by **Polly** » Sun Oct 30, 2011 4:42 pm

Hi Joseph and

I agree with what Tex has said. Don't forget to sleep on your left side - this helps GERD.

Looking forward to future chats,

Polly

Joseph7179 · Post by **Joseph7179** » Sun Oct 30, 2011 5:33 pm

Tex and Polly,

Thanks so much for the help and advice. It really helps to have some answers and direction moving forward.

I am sure I will have more questions. JH

sarkin · Post by **sarkin** » Sun Oct 30, 2011 6:34 pm

Welcome, Joseph - I hope you're soon feeling much, much better. I found the advice here to be the turning point in my MC, so keep us posted and keep asking questions.

Wishing you good luck and good-speed on your path to remission,

Sara

MBombardier · Post by **MBombardier** » Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:05 pm